title: [Brunschvicg, bachelard and the internal logic of scientific discourse].
abstract: Bachelard is seen as sharing with Brunschvicg an "internalist" epistemology of mathematics and exact sciences. Brunschvicg's notion of constructive idealism concurs with Bachelard's surrationalism. Both philosophers defended the idea of an internal logic of scientific discourse which discloses the dialectics inherent in the dynamics of reason. The aim of philosophy is then to emphasize the genesis and progress of rationality in the historical development of science.
authors.affiliation: Département de philosophie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6190, Succ. Centre-ville Montréal, Qué, H3C 3J7, Canada, yvon.gauthier@umontreal.ca.
authors.forename: Yvon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gauthier